PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #12

           Hollywood Werewolves @ Pittsburgh Lumber Company

Series Preview

Hollywood’s rotation should be deemed illegal.

Series Summary

Somehow, Pittsburgh manages a split, falling twice to Kershaw as he goes
to 14-1 on the year. But Bud Norris and Felix Doubront out-pitch David
Price and Cliff Lee respectively & Jered Weaver implodes, giving the
home team 3 unlikely wins.

Virginia Sluggers @ Detroit Crime

Series Summary

Detroit takes series 4-2 over Virginia

Yonge Street Stalkers @ Bethesda Bandicoots

Series Preview

Nerf bats and beach balls

Game #1:

Yonge Street hammered the crap out of Erasmo Ramirez (and there is a lot
of crap there) scoring six times in the 1st inning as they beat Bethesda
6-4. Cole Kalhoun smacked a 3-run homer for his only hit. Chris Davis
had three hits for Bethesda. Ramirez gave up all six runs on five hits
while getting just one out – useless sack of shit – and was bailed out
by superman Jair Jurrjens who toss 8-2/3 innings of shutout relief ball.
David Freese was hurt for two weeks in the game running out an infield
single.

Game #2:

Alex Cobb‘s turn to suck moose crap as he lasts just 3-1/3 innings,
putting Bethesda behind the 8-ball long enough to allow the Stalkers to
squeak out a 5-4 win. Cobb walked six in the game. Martin Prado had
three hits for the Stalkers. Cole Gillaspie made it close with a two-run
shot in the bottom of the 9th off Papelbon but he held the ‘coots off
long enough to get Save #22.

Game #3:

Henry Urrutia had four hits as the Stalkers stretched out the Bethesda
streak of losses to 9 games with a 6-2 win. Jacob Turner got the win
with seven strong innings of three-hit ball against the Chris Davis-less
Bandicoots. James McDonald dropped to 0-5 for Bethesda allowing his
usual 10 hits per game.

Game #4:

Marco Estrada dropped his ERA to 1.61 outduelling Mat Latos with 8
shutout innings as he combined with Shawn Kelley to blank the Stalkers
2-0. Estrada fanned seven and walked just one while Kelley got his first
save of the season. Tony Cruz drove in both Bethesda runs with a homer
in the bottom of the 8th off Latos who went the distance for Yonge
Street.

Game #5:

Kole Calhoun had three hits and drove in three as the Stalkers edged the
Bandicoots 5-4. Lorenzo Cain wasted a 4/4 performance for Bethesda. He
also scored once, drove one in and stole a base. Jonathan Papelbon
continued his streak with save #24.

Game #6:

Erasmo Ramirez does what Erasmo Ramirez does best, turning a close ball
game into a 10-2 laugher by giving up five runs in the last two innings
in a “what the hell” late-inning relief appearance. Jesus Montero and
Aaron Hicks homered for the Stalkers who scored eight times in the final
three innings to take it.

Series Summary

A nice kick in the crotch at home for Bethesda which has now lost 9 of
its last 10 while Yonge Street heads the other way at 8-2 and now sits
almost at .500 with a 37-41 record at just about the halfway point.
Bethesda reels back to 33-44 as they flop back into the cesspool of the
AL East.

       Fremont Cannons @ Tijuana Bottle Rockets

Series Preview

Tijuana hosts Fremont in this 7 game series…

Series Summary

…The home town Bottle Rockets continue their recent hot streak, taking
6 out of 7 from The Cannons.

Tempe Tempers @ Motor City Muscle

Series Preview

Tempe (1st place in NL Central) vs. Motor City (last place in NL East)
in a 7-game series.

Game #1:

TEM 2 – MCM 1

WP: Iwakuma (CG)

LP: Morton

HR: Trout

Iwakuma shrugs off an early Trout solo shot to go all the way for the
win. He also had an RBI.

Game #2:

TEM 6 – MCM 1

WP: Santiago

LP: Straily

HR: Morales (GS)

Morales’s grand slam in the 6th ices another dominant Tempers pitching
display.

Game #3:

TEM 5 – MCM 3

WP: Chen

LP: Williams

SV: Crain

HR: Trout, Morales (GS)

Morales hits his second grand slam in two days, turning around a game
that Motor City led early. Morales added an RBI single to collect 5 RBI
for the day.

Game #4:

TEM 3 – MCM 0

WP: Chacin

LP: Leake

SV: Holland

HR: none

Leake pitched well, but Chacin was better. Muscle offense contunues to
sputter.

Game #5:

MCM 1 – TEM 0

WP: Locke (CG)

LP: Colon

HR: S. Perez

Locke goes all the way, scattering three hits, to nail down the victory
despite another weak showing by the Motor City offense. Salvador Perez‘s
solo shot in the 4th was the difference.

Game #6:

TEM 1 – MCM 0

WP: J. Johnson

LP: Morton

SV: Crain

After Santiago leaves the game early with an injury, the Tempe bullpen
puts slams the door shut on the Muscle hitters. Tulo’s RBI double int he
6the was the difference.

Santiago out 10 days

Game #7:

TEM 13 – MCM 4

WP: Chen

LP: Straily

HR: Myers, Granderson, Elmore

Tempers offense has a field day, led by Granderson and Molina with three
RBI each. Beltre and Molina had two RBI each

Series Summary

Tempe takes the series 6 games to 1. The Temper pitching staff
dominated, shutting out the Muscle twice, holding them to one run twice,
and limiting Motor City to 10 runs for the series.

Kendrys Morales hit two grand slams, Molina had five RBI.

Any offense the Motor City managed was mostly provided by S. Perez (3
RBI, 1 HR) and Trout (2 HRs)

       Clovis Wheat Kings @ Jersey Nor’easters

Series Preview

The streaking Wheat Kings meet the fading Nor’easters.

Series Summary

Good news for Jersey as many of their players made strides in meeting
the minimum playing requirements for card retention. Bad news in that
they lost all 7 games to a powerful Clovis team.

The Nor’easters were shutout 4 times in the series and scored only 6
runs in 7 games.

       Columbus Explorers @ Manhattan Project

Series Preview

Columbus makes the trip to Manhattan.

Teams with very close records, only one game apart.

Manhattan wins series 4-2.

Columbus’ won their 2 games overwhelmingly– just beat Manhattan bloody.

Manhattan’s wins were close and mostly low scoring.

Game #1:

Manhattan 7-5

Martin just caves in the early innings and Manhattan leads 7-0 by the
4th inning.

Explorer bullpen does much better and closes Manhattan down, while
Porcello gives up 4 runs.

Explorers still battling in the 9th, but the early lead remains too much
to overcome.

WP=Porcello

SV=Rzepczynski

LP=Martin

Game #2:

Manhattan 4-3

Darvish gives up 3 runs in the first inning and Manhattan never catches
up until the bottom of the 9th when a walkoff RBI scores the winning run
with 2 out.

WP=Simon

LP=Stinson

Game #3:

Columbus 14-2

Wild laffer all the way!!

Columbus smashed Jose Fernandez for 10 ERs in 5 innings—and then went on
from there.

Victorino was leadoff batter 5 out of 9 innings—got on base every time.

20 hits in all.

WP=Tepesch

LP=Fernandez

Game #4:

Columbus 13-4

Wild Laffer Part II !!

Another energetic romp at the plate for Columbus.

WP=Milone

LP=Zito

Game #5:

Manhattan 7-6

Happ yields 6 ERs through 4 innings.

Columbus bullpen does good job holding Manhattan and giving Columbus
sluggers time to get 6 runs of their own. Then Manhattan scores just one
more run against Valvaro—enough to win.

WP=Medlen

SV=Dunning

LP=Valvaro

Game #6:

Manhattan 5-2

Game turned almost totally on Manhattan HRs issued by Martin—4 in all—3
in one inning.

Also, Columbus’ murderous lineup finally seemed to tire—for instance,
Victorino and Carpenter did not get a hit—and De Aza and Zimmermann only
1 hit each.

WP=Porcello

SV=Simon

LP=Martin

Series Summary

Manhattan wins series 4-2.

Columbus’ sluggers–Victorino, DeAza, Carpenter, Zimmerman–
relentless!!!

Manhattan pitching has to keep the score low enough so Manhattan’s
hitters can win.

       Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Camarillo Quest

Series Preview

With Clovis’ recent struggles, Camarillo is trying to put themselves in
a spot to challenge for division crown.

Series Summary

Camarillo takes 5 out 6. Scott Hairston goes 11 for 23 with 2 homers and
8 RBIs in the series. Camarillo now sits at 46-32 and with Valdosta
coming into town next week, they could make a strong run at Clovis for
the divison lead.

        Iron City Yinzers @ New York Outlaws

Series Preview

National League East match: first place Outlaws vs fourth place Yinzers.

Game #1:

Maholm L4 (2-5 5.57) vs Gee R8Z (7-3 2.27)

The opener is all Gee as he throws a CG, 4 hit, 9k shutout over Iron
City.

Game #2:

Lynn R9Y (8-4 3.18) vs Kuroda R11Z (7-6 2.76)

This one took 13 innings but NY holds on for the win. Juan Pierre, who
had 2 miscues in this game doubles in the bottom 9th to tie the game at
4 each.

Bottom 13th: Uribe lead off single; Pinch Runner Robinson steals second;
Shuck grounds out but moves Robinson to 3rd with 1 out…..”Babe” Blanco
to the plate….a deep fly ball to RF….Robinson races down the
line……OUTLAWS WIN !

Game #3:

Ohlendorf R5ZL (0-1 4.10) vs Peavy R10YZ (5-3 2.34)

Peavy cruising through the Yinzer lineup….heads to the top of the 9th
with a commanding 5-1 lead….looking to shut this down and nail the CG.

But…..

Gyorko RBI single moves the score to 5-2 and then Carlos Gonzalez
smashes a 3 run blast to tie the game 5-5 !!! Peavy looks stunned on the
mound….

Top 13th: Mo in for NY, looking to hold the offense down. But looks lost
as bases get loaded and pinch hitter Reimold gets on via FC but a run
scores! Romo goes 3 perfect innings in middle relief.

Bottom 13th: Iron City holds on for the victory. 6-5 in 13 !!

Game #4:

Hellickson R4Y (5-7 3.72) vs Harang R3YZM (3-0 3.25)

Ortiz hits a 3 run HR in the bottom 1st to tie score at 3 and this would
be the preview of things to come in this game.

After 2 complete innings, the score is 5-5.

When the smoke clears and the game is over, it is a 16-11 NY win…..NY
had 22 hits while IC had 19 ! Meaning in this one game there was a
combined 27 runs and 43 hits!!!!!

Ortiz 4/5 with 4 RBI.

Babe Blanco also had 4 RBI.

Guzman and Rios each collected 3 RBI for Yinzers.

Pitching stars were: you’re kidding right?

Game #5:

Koehler R5 (6-7 4.67) vs Hamels L8YZ (6-3 2.79)

Carlos Beltran, who is having an excellent series, goes 3/3 with a HR.
But the day belonged to Hamels (CG, 5 hit 11 k shutout)

NY wins 5-0

Game #6:

Maholm L4 (2-6 5.60) vs Gee R8Z (8-3 2.07)

Another extra inning game. Both starters pitch great but leave with no
decisions.

Ortiz & Shuck grab 3 hits each for Outlaws while V-Mart & Gyorko do the
same for Iron City.

Yinzers get to closer Jansen in top 10th with back to back doubles and
hold on to win 3-2.

Series Summary

New York takes the series 4-2; 3 extra inning games and 3 one run games
made this battle a lot closer than the final result.

            Elyria Indians @ Traverse City Crusaders

Series Preview

The A.L. East First Place Elyria Indians come to Traverse City to face
the last place team of the A.L. West Traverse City Crusaders.

Game #1:

Matt Wieters goes 3-for-5, HR, 3 RBI with 3 runs to help his battery
mate Mike Pelfrey pitch 8 shutout innings, as the Indians blank
Crusaders, 9-0.

Asdrubal Cabrera went 2-for-5, and added 3 RBI as well.

Mark Buehrle allowed 2 ER’s in 6 innings for the Crusaders, as the rest
of the runs came off their bullpen.

Game #2:

The Indians jumped off to a quick 7-0 lead after two innings.

Matt Wieters once again had a good game, going 2-for-5, HR, 3 RBI. Marco
Scutaro went a perfect 4-for-4, with 2 runs scored. Wade Davis coasts
through 6 innings for the Indians, allowing only one earned run, while
striking out 7 Crusaders.

Yovani Gallardo gets rocked in 2.1 innings, allowing 6 earned runs with
one unearned run, plus 6 hits & 3 walks.

Game #3:

John McDonald hits a rare two-run HR to help Jeanmar Gomez & the
Crusaders get the 4-1 victory.

Jarrod Parker gets the loss for the Indians.

Heath Bell logs his 3rd Save, while Travis Hafner went 2-for-3,
including a two-run double.

Game #4:

Mike Minor improves to 10-3, 3.07 ERA with 6 scoreless innings of
three-hit ball, that included 5 K’s.

Matt Wieters once again was causing trouble, smacking a three-run HR.
Jacoby Ellsbury added a solo shot in his 2-for-4 performance, while
three teammates in Marco Scutaro, Allen Craig & Todd Helton each added
three hits.

Speaking of 3 hits, that’s all the Crusaders got in their 11-0 blanking,
while the Indians put 17 hits on the board.

Game #5:

Another strong outing from Mike Pelfrey with 8 innings of work, allowing
5 hits & 2 ER’s. This series: 2 ER’s allowed in 16 innings of work. He
racked up 7 K’s on the Crusaders on this night.

Luis Valbuena hit a solo HR that would prove to be the difference in the
3-2 score for the Tribe.

Travis Wood tried to keep the Crusaders in it, with 8 innings of work,
even though he allowed 11 hits.

Game #6:

Todd Helton had three hits, while Matt Wieters and Allen Craig added
HR’s to the mix. This one would go extas, but T.C. would not be able to
send the fans happy in this one, losing 7-5 in 11 innings. Buehrle once
again needed to stay out on the mound, allowing 5 ER in 8 innings,
trying to give the bullpen a rest.

Series Summary

The Elyria Indians win the series 5-1.

Coconut Creek Crushers @ Chicago Mobsters

Game #1:

CHI

Game #2:

CHI

Game #3:

CCC

Game #4:

CHI

Game #5:

CHI

Game #6:

CCC

Selkirk Steelers @ Roseville Thorns

Series Preview

Selkirk @ Roseville.

Game #1:

Selkirk wins 4-0 as McAllister scatters 4 hits.

Game #2:

Selkirk wins 4-3 in 10 innings.

Game #3:

Selkirk takes a 3-0 series lead winning 5-2.

Game #4:

Roseville wins it’s 1st game of the series 9-0. Gonzalez tosses a
1-hitter to improve to 8-3. A triple in the 4th the only blemish.

Game #5:

Roseville wins 2-1 with 3 shutout innings from the bullpen to hold a
slim lead.

Game #6:

Pettitte pitches 6+ strong innings allowing only 3 hits as Roseville
evens the series.

Series Summary

After losing the 1st 3 games Roseville comes back after a day off to
salvage a series split.

     Valdosta Snappers @ Sacramento Capitals

Series Summary

Valdosta takes the series 5-1. Sacramento’s only win come off another
great outing from Jeff Samardzija–a complete game in which he gave up
only 1 unearned run and blasted his 2nd home run of the year–winning by
the tune of 3-1.

         Dallas Cougars @ Southbend Lynx

Series Preview

Southbend host Dallas in a battle of celler dwellers.

Game #1:

This one is all Southbend as Holland goes 8 IP allowing only 1 run and 9
Ks.

Altuve has a big game going 4-6 w/3 rbi; Lowrie goes 3-4 w/4 rbi and
Trumbo and Joyce hit HRs. SBL lose Satin (18 days) and Molina (4 days).
It would be a harbinger of things to come for the Lynx.

SBL 13, DAL 1

Game #2:

The SBL starters are solid again as Stults gets his 2nd win of the year
going 6 innings scattereing 8 hits and giving up only 1 run. Cook and
Marmol almost blow it, but Putz comes on in the 9th for his 7th save.
SBL got up 5-0 before Dallas started cming back before they fell short.
Altuve stays hot going 2-2 w/ an rbi, lowrie the same as he goes 2-3 w/2
rbi.

SBL 5, DAL 3

Game #3:

SBL starter looks likes he going to put up another strong start for the
SBL as he goes 6 IP giving up 1 run. But things fall apart in the 7th as
DAL strikes for 5 runs and takes control of the game. Hundley has an
rbi-2b, Pollock has a 2-run 2b and a Lowrie error pl;ates the other 2.
Gaudin would eventually pick up the save for DAL, his 2nd. Altuve is 1-2
before going down with an injury in the 5th. SBL lose Altuve (2 days),
Colabello (27 days), and Morse (17 days) when they all collide chasing a
Ellis pop-up. SBL also lose Gomes (5 days) in the game giving them a
total of 6 players injured.

DAL 6, SBL 3

Game #4:

SBL continue to get solid starting pitching as Diamond tosses CG Shutout
fanning 9 to even his record at 5-5. SBL get a 2 HR game from Frandsen
and another 2-run HR from Crisp for their offense. Thankfully no more
injuries.

SBL 6, DAL 0

Game #5:

The SBL run comes to an end as DAL ruffs up Niese for 6 runs in 5.1 IP.
DAL gets out to a 6-0 lead, but the SBL get 2 in the 6th, 7th, and 8th
to tie the game at 6-6. But DAL was not to be denied as they get a 2 out
rbi-1b in the 10th from Overbay and Gaudin picks up the win going 2
scoreless innings. The injury bug hits DAL as they lose Ellis (5 days)
and Maxwell (11 days)

DAL 7, SBL 6

Game #6:

SBL Holland has another strong outing going 8 IP giving up only 1 run
and fanning 10. But the SBL can only get him 1 run also and he leaves in
the 9th and end up with a no-decision. Alckey is just as good for DAl as
he goes 7.2 giving up 1 run amd also fanning 10. DAl earns the win with
a 2-run HR in the 11th by R.Doumit. Gaudin picks up another win with 2
more scoreless innings.

DAL 3, SBL 1

Game #7:

Series tied 3-3 going into the rubber game. This game is all DAL
J.Guthrie as he tosses the CG Shutout giving up 5 hits and fanning 8.
DAL gets HRs from Kelly and Lucas for their offense.

DAL 6, SBL 0

Series Summary

DAL takes the series 4-3. Some very fun and enjoyable games. But SBL
didn’t have much they could do as they were down 6 players for most of
the series.